TechTribe can help you visualise and demonstrate your system proposals in a 3D model. This is a highly effective way of showing how the system will look in existing or new premises. It also makes it easier to reach out to people with little experience of reading drawings. Moreover, it can provide a VR tour and add another dimension to the created 3D model.

In addition, a 3D model is a perfect way to develop and improve the solution as a team – simply and efficiently. You can import CAD data from a wide range of standard formats, including Autodesk Inventor, RealDWG, SOLIDWORKS and many more.

You can also create high-quality marketing materials from the 3D model, such as rendered images and fly-through videos.

TechTribe offers 3D simulation services for all automation and material-handling solutions. You can either engage TechTribe as an external resource to develop your simulation model or collaborate with the whole TechTribe team.

We can develop simulation models to represent standalone machines or complex automation facilities – and everything in between!

With Emulate3D software, you can develop “simulation-ready” catalogue libraries that represent your specific equipment in a simulation-ready state using simple drag-and-drop techniques.

Answer the questions that you couldn’t previously ask

A simulation model can be used to provide an independent and unbiased evaluation of a system proposal. In many cases, a simulation can answer questions that haven’t even been asked yet!

• Collaborate with TechTribe to demonstrate system functionality and capabilities
• Extract, sort and analyse data from critical operations
• Identify potential bottlenecks and highlight areas for further investigation
• Use statistical results to make better project decisions

• Reduce the overall risk associated with project investments

TechTribe can assist customers in delivering and developing specific PLC Controls Testing models, freeing you to focus exclusively on developing your control system.

PLC Controls Testing models are delivered in a functional physics-based 3D environment that is ideal for virtual commissioning of a control system. A virtual commissioning model provides the platform to which the control system can be connected for testing and debugging before the actual equipment is built. TechTribe uses and specialises in implementing Emulate3D Controls Testing software.

We develop a virtual representation of the system based on the actual system specifications, control system type and functional attributes described by the customer. Once completed, the virtual model is precisely that – a virtual model of the physical equipment. TechTribe will supply the ready-made model for virtual commissioning along with a selection of Emulate3D Controls Testing and Runtime licences if required. Customers who already have an Emulate3D software licence can simply import the virtual model and start connecting to their PLC via the built-in Tag Browser.

The virtual model can then be used as a test rig, where automation engineers can develop robust control logic and thoroughly test a wide range of different scenarios. Emulate3D models can be connected to a large number of PLCs, and can be connected to other manufacturers’ products via a wide range of industrial protocols.

10 reasons to invest in virtual commissioning

1. Reduces commissioning and testing time on site
2. Reduces warranty costs
3. Removes large parts of the commissioning of the control system from the critical path of the project
4. Allows testing of the control system to start at an earlier stage in the project
5. Increases control system quality and reduces start-up problems
6. Improves the safety of functional tests and provides a better working environment for automation engineers
7. Improves operator training and minimises disruption to ongoing production
8. Improves the relationship and communication between integrators and end users
9. Makes it easier to calculate and price the total project
10. Reduces the risk associated with the investment, increasing the likelihood of further investments in automation

TechTribe’s project resource is tailored to the customer’s exact needs and wishes.

We can:

• Act as a lead project resource for customers or perform a specialised role
• Provide technology tools and train customer teams in application and usage
• Develop specific modules and tools exclusively for customers
• Carry out special turnkey projects for customers

Emulate3D products are efficient technical tools for design, layout work, improvements and implementation of automation flows. Emulate3D technology saves time and money in creating high-quality presentations, conducting accurate operational analyses and creating robust control systems.

Automation projects go through different phases from concept creation on the way to development and implementation. At business level, this translates into a pre-sales phase, a development and construction phase, and then a commissioning and handover phase. Everyone has different requirements for dynamic modelling software, and that’s why we have developed Emulate3D products to suit everyone. See the different product descriptions to find out more.

As projects progress from presentations to throughput speed analyses through to installation and finally production start-up, the workflow designed in Emulate3D products eliminates revisions and minimises the risk of errors. Models built for presentations can be further developed for throughput analysis and system dimensioning, which in turn can be used as a basis for control system testing prior to commissioning.

The Emulate3D technology is open to user development in a way that makes it attractive to companies looking to implement an enterprise-wide system.